A successful DBMM240 “Armies of the Movies” tournament was played at the AWC on the 6 December 2009. A full report will follow elsewhere, meanwhile here are some photos of the event and some of the armies involved…
Note: No Spartan Rhino’s were harmed in the making of this Photo Gallery!
The tournament saw the following 12 armies compete:
- Early Hoplite Greeks 479BC ("300")
- Thracians 200BC ("Seuthès l'Immortel, les Secrets d'un Roi Thrace" - The Immortal Seuthès; secrets of a Thracian King - French TV documentary)
- Marian Romans 52BC ("Asterix & le surprise de Cesar")
- 'Quadi' Early Germans 175AD ("Gladiator")
- Dublin Vikings 842AD ("Alfred the Great")
- Later Crusader 1187AD ("Kingdom of Heaven")
- Mongol Conquest 1216AD ("Genghis Khan" the 1965 classic)
- Teutonic Knights 1410AD ("Knights of the Teutonic Order" a 1962 Polish costume drama)
- Free Company 1394AD-ish ("Flesh & Blood")
- Free Company 1444AD ("If I Were King")
- ...and yet another Free Company
- War Of The Roses Tudor 1512AD (TV series "The Tudors")
- and a thirteenth army, Medieval Serbian 1389AD, stood in for the Dublin Vikings for one game!
UPDATE: 08 December 2009 9pm - 3 Additional Photos added to the gallery below.
For more information on the DBMM240 Tournament see the following articles:
- A Few Thoughts On The "Armies Of The Movies" Tournament
- DBMM240: "Armies Of The Movies" Report
- DBMM240: "Armies of the Movies" Tournament Draw
- Details Of DBMM240 Tournament On 06 December
- DBMM240 One Day Tournament
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